Former Longhorns G Courtney Ramey Commits To Arizona

The former Longhorn is now heading to the Pac 12

Matt Galatzan | Jun 10, 2022

Earlier this spring, The Texas Longhorns lost one of the leaders of their basketball program, Courtney Ramey, after he announced his entrance into both the NBA Draft and the NCAA Transfer Portal.

Now, Ramey has decided on where he will begin the next part of his journey, committing to the Arizona Wildcats.

"I chose Arizona because of the opportunity to play in a different league, the history of the program, and the relationship I have built with Coach Lloyd," Ramey told 247Sports.

Ramey was once one of the few holdovers from Shaka Smart's 2020-21 roster that elected to stay with Chris Beard and was a critical part of the Longhorns' success last season.

Ramey finished fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 9.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. Ramey also hit 39.7 percent from the floor and 35 percent from three in his final season in Austin.

More than that, however, Ramey was arguably the best on-ball defender in the Big 12 conference and was one of the key cogs in the Longhorns' elite defense all season long.

Ramey was also extremely durable for the Horns, playing in all 34 games, and starting 32 of those games alongside Andrew Jones, Marcus Carr, Timmy Allen and Christian Bishop.

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Published Jun 10, 2022

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.